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The Green Bullet - The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption (Hardcover)
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The Green Bullet - The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption (Hardcover)
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New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the
phenomenal success of Alejandro Valverde and the moral decay at the
heart of Spanish cycling. 'A study of a dominant force, a true
gentleman racer despite his shadowy past' Dan Martin Alejandro
Valverde - the 'Green Bullet' - was an international symbol of
Spanish cycling for a quarter of a century before his retirement in
2022. Hard-working and supremely talented, he won the Vuelta a
España and stood on the podium of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour
de France. World champion in 2018, he was also the world's
number-one-ranked rider four times. A man of indisputable charisma,
he was also a convicted doping cheat. When the Spanish police
investigation, Operación Puerto, uncovered a vast international
blood doping ring, Valverde denied all involvement. The revelations
unearthed by Operación Puerto threatened to force cycling off the
road. Valverde's long career was a high wire walk between the venal
interests that surround elite sport in Spain. In a nation beset by
corruption, political incompetence and social division, Valverde's
talent aided the public image of unscrupulous political and
economic institutions. Even today, Valverde maintains his
reticence. The Green Bullet breaks the silence.
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